Tesla will expand China's market share by risking his life to recruit people.

Published: Aug 19, 2020 13:20

SMM: recently, we learned from relevant sources that electric car manufacturer Tesla China will begin to recruit a large number of employees in almost all parts of China. The move is aimed at continuing to expand Tesla's position in China against a backdrop of rapidly growing demand for electric cars.

Not long ago, Grace Tao, Tesla's vice president of external affairs, shared with the media six different job advertisements, including four for the North, South, East and West districts of China, and two related to the Shanghai super factory. It is worth mentioning that Tesla is particularly in need of positions related to electric vehicle technician, engineering management and engineering design in the job advertisement related to the Shanghai super factory. Prior to this, Tesla also specifically recruited Chinese designers, and there are rumors that Tesla will create a "Chinese style" model.

In addition, a recruitment message released by Tesla China at the end of July showed that the company planned to recruit about 1000 workers for its Shanghai plant, including workers in stamping, body, painting and assembly workshops, as well as in charge of quality inspection, logistics, safety and so on. All the advertisements point out that Tesla China will recruit a large number of employees all over the country, one is to enable the Shanghai super factory to complete the production of electric cars more efficiently, to increase production capacity and at the same time improve the quality of new cars; the second is to continue to expand its influence in China and its market share of electric vehicles; the third is to better serve China, which is now the largest electric vehicle market. We should know that after the, Model Y is made in China, Tesla's current manpower is completely insufficient.

Editor's comments:

With the continued expansion of Tesla's Shanghai super factory, Tesla China has further expanded its sales staff, delivery staff and product experience experts in major cities in China. Tesla attaches great importance to this market in China for a certain reason, and the sales volume of domestic Model 3 is enough to illustrate the problem. In July, domestic Model 3 sold 11000 vehicles, and since April, cumulative sales have reached 40700, with an average monthly sales of more than 10,000. This achievement can be said to be very gratifying, so it is inevitable that Tesco will continue to invest heavily in the Chinese market in the future.

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